The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-04-02
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1887
FORT STREET CHURCH.
Farewell Resolution to the Retiring
Pastor.

AT special meeting Of Fort Street
Church, on Wednesday evening, the
following resolution, prepared by the
committee signing 1t, was unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS, Rev. John A. Cruzan has
rendered the resignation Of bis office as
Pastor of the Fort Street Church,
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, and the
Church and Society have, with regret,
accepted the same, they desire to and
do hereby put upon record the follow
ing as an expression Of their regard,
and Of the appreciation they have Of
the character Of their Pastor, and Of
the value of the services he has rem
dered to this Church and people.
As a preacher of the Gospel Of Our
Lord, Mr.. Cruzan has ministered most
acceptably to this people for six years,
and during that time he has been an
earnest and faithful eXpositor Of the
Word Of God an able and eloquent
advocate of every interest and prin-
ciple relating to the religious and mora,
welfare and good Of this country; he
has fearlessly exposed and rebuked
public evils, while he has dealt tenderly
yet firmly with the secret sins Of the
community and especial mention
should be made Of the yigor, energy
and wisdom with which he has labored
in the interest OF Temperance Reform,
and of the pre- eminent success which
has attended his work in this direction.
In his efforts to helpfully reach and
win the young people he has labored
most efectually, and the numerous
additions from this class to the Church
as well as the large and active SSeeitafifee
trophies Of his ministry here.
And this Church recalls with graft
tude the constant and sustained activ.
ity put forth on his part to reach the
neglected classes of this city, striving
to draw and keep them within the infu.
ence Of the Gospel. And in this con
nection it would bear glad testimony
to the high esteem and honor in which
Mr.. Cruzan has been held during
these years by all classes OF people,
winning their confidence and favor,
and known to all as a manly man as
truly as a minister of Christ in all his
intercourse and conversation with them.
In the more personal and delicate
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member that with tender love he has
ministered to us in the Gospel in oul
joys and in our sorrows. He has bap.
tized our children, he has solemnized
our marriages, ministered to our sick,
has buried our dead and comforted
our bereaved, and always with such
genuine sympathy and love as to win
us to himself. His presence in our
homes has always been welcome one,
and our children will lose personal
friend as truly as will their parents.
And we cannot refrain from including
here an expression of the love and adj
miration of this people for Mrs. Cru
ian who has so lovingly and tenderly
added her ministrations and labors to
those of her husband, and of express
ing the deep and heartfelt regret and
sense Of loss which this community
feels as truly in losing her as her hus-
band.
In parting we shall bid them God
speed and pray that the Almighty
Father may continue his favoring bless,
ing towards them, and that wherever
He shall call them to labor in his ser
vice, they may reap an increasingly
abundant harvest for their master.
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